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Iran’s attorney-general warns of death penalty as weekend protests planned

Gauging scale of demonstrations grows more difficult with internet and phone lines cut off

Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on Saturday that safeguarding security was a 'red line' and the military vowed to protect public property, as the clerical establishment stepped up efforts to quell the most widespread protests in years.

Reuters

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